American Dad: 2011-12 TV Season Ratings

Published: May 16, 2012

Here are the updated TV ratings for American Dad. This animated TV series follows the lives of CIA Agent Stan Smith (Seth MacFarlane) and his less-than-typical family. The eighth season of American Dad typically airs Sunday nights at 9:30pm on the FOX network.

Episode 08-04: Sunday, 11/13/11
2.4 in the demo (-4% week-to-week change) with 4.87 million; third in the timeslot.Season average: 2.65 in the demo with 5.34 million.Demo average rank: #9 of 12 scripted TV shows on the network (Fall 2011 – Spring 2012).

Episode 08-03: Sunday, 11/6/11
2.5 in the demo (-7% episode-to-episode change) with 4.85 million; third in the timeslot.Season average: 2.73 in the demo with 5.49 million.Demo average rank: #8 of 12 scripted TV shows on the network (Fall 2011 – Spring 2012).

Episode 08-02: Sunday, 10/2/11
2.7 in the demo (-10% week-to-week change) with 5.8 million; third place in the timeslot.

Episode 08-01: Sunday, 9/25/11
3.0 in the 18-49 demographic with 5.83 million; third in the timeslot. The debut matched last year’s demo.

Reference point: The 2010-11 season averaged a 2.2 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 4.72 million viewers.

Note: These ratings are collected by the Nielsen company and are the final national numbers. These are different from the fast affiliate numbers which are just estimates of the actual ratings and are reported on by most other outlets. The final nationals are typically released within 24 hours of the programming or, in the case of weekends and holidays, a couple days later.

What do you think? Do you like the American Dad TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for an ninth season?

American Dad is one of the best shows of Fox.Why in the world would you cancel it.Seth Mcfarlane is a genius.As far as adult orientated cartoons this is one of the best by far 2nd only to Family Guy.DO NOT CANCEL PLEASE1